san jose. the latest on the investigation and a local news update in about a half hour. back to the "today" show. >>> and we are back on this saturday morning, november 24th, 2012. it's a little chilly. >> a lot of warmth, though, from this crowd. >> a lot of warm smiles. people with strange mustaches. i'm carl quintanilla here with erica hill. lester has the morning off. coming up in this half-hour, have you ever gone to the mall planning to spend a certain amount of money and you walk out spending twice as much? >> yeah, i do that at target a lot. >> target, anywhere. coming up, we'll reveal what some of your favorite retailers are actually doing to get you to spend more of your crash. some interesting mind games going on. >> obviously, that's their goal. ours is to save some. happy to have those hints coming up. also, we'll switch gears a little bit this morning when we introduce you to a young woman who has really become an inspiration for so many. she's battling cancer, diagnosed at just 2